Popular Russian singer, which has Ukrainian origin. Christmas tree is the owner of an unusual vocal, and her songs combine several musical genres at once - from rap to r'n'b, soul and reggae.
Singer Yolka. Biography
Christmas tree (Elizaveta Ivantsiv) was born in the summer of 1982 in the city of Uzhgorod in Transcarpathia. WITH young years she took part in KVN, played for the school teams "1 + 1" and "Chamber No. 6", and, thanks to her father, was fond of jazz music. She attended the school choir and the vocal circle at the Palace of Pioneers.
In her youth, Yolka devoted herself to such musical directions like soul and rap. In the early 1990s, the group " B&B", Where Christmas tree was invited as a backing vocalist. As part of this team in 2001, the singer was on international festival rap music.
Your original stage name Lisa received as a child, at the age of eleven. This nickname came up with her friends. Since then, even her parents have called her that.
Yolka's performance at the festival was noticed music producer Vlad Valov. He appreciated the talent and eccentricity of the young singer, offering her cooperation. At that time, virtually all members of the B & B group were already engaged in their own solo projects, and Yolka herself worked as a waitress at a local cafe.
Solo career Yolki / Elizaveta Ivantsiv
The singer signed a contract with producer Vlad Valov in 2004 and moved to Moscow. She joined the new group along with two guitarists and a DJ Lenar.
“I was afraid to go to Moscow. Isn't it scary - to radically change the situation, to leave everything that surrounded you before, to meet people you don't know?! But then I thought: are you stupid or not? This happens once in a lifetime! So I packed my things and left. I decided - then we'll be afraid! And, of course, I didn’t believe until the very end.”
In the same year, the Moscow club Ballantine’s Bar hosted their first solo concert, and the composition "City of Deception" took the top lines in the domestic charts. Your debut album "City of Deception" the singer Yolka presented in the summer of 2005 at the Orange club.
Later, such popular tracks appeared as “Student Girl”, “ Good mood”, “Girl in a small Peugeot” . An animated video was filmed for the latter. In the same year Christmas tree participated in dubbing the role of Little Red Riding Hood in an animated film "The True Story of Red Riding Hood".
In 2006, a very successful album was released. "Shadows" which included the compositions "Bus", "I'm walking alone." Its presentation took place in November in Moscow.
In 2008, another disc was presented Christmas trees"This Magnificent World" and a collection of the best remixes was published. Christmas tree received the Golden Gramophone award for the song Handsome Boy.
In 2010 Christmas tree was invited as a judge to the shooting of the famous Ukrainian musical show "X Factor".
The singer's contract ended in 2010. Christmas trees and producer Vlad Valov. She believes that major changes in creative life she was pushed by a conversation with Alla Pugacheva.
“A year before the birth of the song “Provence”, Pugacheva herself invited me to her radio program “Alla”. And talking to her, along with a few other important conversations, really stimulated me. Alla Borisovna and I had a very sincere conversation! I left with such an impression! I told her that I had my own little niche and didn't need more. She asks - and if I want to come to your concert, where will you invite me? Or I want to come to visit, where will you call me? And it hurt me."
In September Christmas tree introduced the single "Provence"- his first work, sustained in pop style. The crazy success of the composition brought the artist three nominations for the award of the Muz-TV channel in the categories " Best Female Singer», « Best Song" And " Best video". Summer 2011 Christmas tree took tenth place in the list of the most successful figures in show business in Ukraine for last season according to Focus magazine.
In 2011 Christmas tree recorded the next hits - "On the big hot-air balloon» And "Near you", and also sang a joint song " Boy with Pavel Volya.
In the fall of 2011, the fourth studio album "The dots are set."
"The dots are set" - this is the state in which I now live. I live with an understanding of who I am, what I am and where I will go next. I know more and more interesting development! I am very glad that my path has never been quick and easy - and I want to note that I am now only at the very beginning of it! I like that everything that happens to me happens progressively, I move forward in small steps and the smaller they are, the more confident and firm my gait is.
Yolka is a four-time winner of the Golden Gramophone award (for the songs Handsome Boy, Provence, Near You and Fly, Lisa) and a nominee for the MTV channel RMA award. In 2011, she became the singer of the year according to Glamor magazine. In 2012 about She was also presented in four nominations for the Muz-TV award and won in the category “ Best Female Artist". At the end of 2012, Yolka was recognized as the most rotated performer on Russian radio stations.
Due to stress tour schedule Yolka refused to participate in the continuation of the TV project " X factor”And her place on the jury was taken by Irina Dubtsova.
In 2012, Yolka presented new compositions: “ Higher" And " Want" (The single was included in the soundtrack for the film "Love with an Accent"). At the RU.TV award in 2012, the singer was awarded for the song " Near you” in the nomination “Best Song”. On December 4, 2012, the digital release of the new Yolka mini-album " Quiet Concert", which was recorded at the Moscow concerts of the singer in concert hall"World". A Quiet Concert was also released on the iTunes Store.
In the summer of 2013, Yolka presented a new composition " Body ofigelo”, a video for this song was shot a little later. Soon the singer together with the rapper Noize MC sang the song We don't understand”, which was released in October 2013 as part of his album “Confusion”. In August 2013, Yolka and rapper Heat recorded the song New world and filmed a video for it. On February 18, 2014, the label Velvet Music released a single by the singer Yolka and the group " Burito» « You know».
On April 23, 2014, Yolka released a video and the song "Everything depends on us", which became the soundtrack for the film "A Gift with Character" directed by
Elizaveta Valdemarovna Ivantsiv. Date of birth: July 2, 1982 (age 30). Place of birth: Uzhgorod, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Nickname: Yolka
Elizaveta Valdemarovna Ivantsiv (Ukrainian: Elizaveta Valdemarivna Ivantsiv), known as Yolka.
July 2, 1982, Uzhgorod, Ukrainian SSR, USSR - Ukrainian singer. Former member Uzhgorod team of KVN "Chamber No. 6".
Christmas tree Biography
Singer Elka. BiographyStarted her musical career as a member of the Uzhgorod band B&B. In 2004, she signed a contract with Vlad Valov and released a successful debut album, City of Deception, with the hits Girl in Peugeot and Good Mood. Subsequently, in collaboration with Valov, two more albums were released: "Shadows" and "This Magnificent World", which were not as successful as the debut work of the performer.
From 2010 to 2012, she acted as a judge on the Ukrainian show "X-Factor". In 2011, she gained great popularity with the song "Provence" and became a nominee in three categories at the Muz-TV awards in 2011. The fourth studio work of the singer "The Dots Are Placed" was a success, like music journalists, as well as the public. The album received positive reviews from critics, who considered it the best pop album of 2011. Magazines such as Afisha, Time Out and Interview have included the record in their editorial lists of the main albums of the year. "The Points Are Set" also headed Russian rating album sales "2M. Russia Top-25”. At the end of 2012, Yolka was recognized as the most rotated performer on Russian radio stations.
Yolka is a three-time winner of the Golden Gramophone Award (for the songs Handsome Boy, Provence and Near You) and a nominee for the MTV channel RMA award. In 2011, she was recognized as the "Singer of the Year" according to Glamor magazine and entered the top ten most successful figures in Ukrainian show business, according to the Focus publication. In the same year, she was recognized as the “Singer of the Year” at the ZD Awards, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
2001-2005: Early career and album "City of Deception"
There is still a Cinderella story in my life. Moreover, the meeting with Vlad took place at the moment when I finally forbade myself to even dream of big stage. Then I was dominated by youthful maximalism, I was indignant at what I see on the TV screen. I could not understand why many artists, not being able to sing and not having a good repertoire, regularly appear on the air? I thought: “Give me at least a folding bed in this city, and I will show you what a real artist is!”
Christmas tree about the beginning of cooperation with Vlad Valov.
In 2001, the B&B group performed at the Rap Music "01 international festival, where Yolka was noticed by Vlad Valov, the leader of the Bad Balance group, who later became the singer's first producer. After the group broke up, the singer did not appear on stage for some time. this time she gave up her dream of becoming an artist and got a job as a waitress in a cafe.Three years later, Yolka received a call from Valov's company.The singer said that she thought for a long time that she was being played, but then she spoke with Vlad, who sent her tickets to Moscow and suggested: “Come for a week, we'll experiment.” Vlad Valov signs a contract with Yolka and one of the first songs recorded with him was “Words Spoken by You”, included in the collection “Girls Attack”.
In 2004, Yolka performed in a concert at the memorial day of Mikhey, with her group, which also included two guitarists and DJ Lenar. At the concert, Yolka sang Mikhey's song "Bitch Love". “It was a deliberate move. I didn't just pick up and sing this song. It was dedicated to the evening in memory of Mikhey, I performed the composition especially for his parents. Very, of course, there were many rumors, but still more positive feedback. I always emphasize that it is not a commercial move, but a tribute to a person, ”the artist later said. Continuing cooperation with Valov, the singer recorded a song of his composition "City of Deception". “Vlad, looking at me, wrote the song “City of Deception”, a song that is my reflection,” the singer recalled. The composition was released on the radio in the summer of 2004 and became the first hit of Yolka, hitting the hit parade of the radio station “Maximum” and staying there for twelve weeks.
On November 9, 2005, the debut album of the performer, entitled "City of Deception", was released. Work on the disc, released on the 100PRO label, was completed in mid-2005, and as the performer said, the record was written "in one breath." Yolka presented music in a different style, which was also attributed to rock (due to guitar parts) and to hip-hop (due to "broken" rhythms and scratches). The singer herself described her style as "guitar-heavy R&B". NewsMusic.ru wrote that "in Russia, such a mix is being done for the first time." The album was greeted with different opinions. Rita Skeeter at InterMedia was positive about the work, saying: "Yolka and Valov have found a way to make this genre truly competitive even in our market with its national characteristics". Andrey Nikitkin wrote in Rap.ru that Yolka is still a pop project, but “very high quality. Incorporating elements of both r "n" b, and rock, reggae, chanson and pop music. And designed not so much for fans of one of these styles, but for a wide audience. Boris Barabanov in the Kommersant newspaper also spoke of the singer as the main hope of Russian pop music.
Starting his career as part of an unknown Ukrainian group, Yolka has become a singer whose songs are known throughout the CIS. Her tracks take top places in the charts, and thousands of fans are looking forward to the release of new albums.The childhood of the future singer Yolka
Elizaveta Valdemarovna Ivantsiv, as her real name is Yolka, was born in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, on July 2, 1982. The love for music was passed on to the girl from her ancestors. Her grandparents performed as part of the Transcarpathian folk choir. Father, Valdemar Mironovich, is fond of collecting jazz records, and mother, Marina Eduardovna, can play three instruments. Therefore, it is not surprising that from the very early years little Lisa was also sent to the choir to do vocals. The girl even went to performances with her ensemble, but then she changed the team. She began to study in a vocal circle at the local Palace of Pioneers.By the way, it was in childhood that Lisa received her original nickname. One of her friends once called her Yolka, and then everyone else began to address her like that. According to the singer, she no longer responds to her real name. And even mom calls her daughter Yolka.
Music and KVN
Yolka's school years were brightened up by the KVN team. The girl was appreciated for her humor and inexhaustible optimism. She took part in many miniatures and sang excellently. Yolka became a member of the team called "Ward No. 6", which brought together the most talented schoolchildren in the city. When most of the students, including Yolka, graduated from school, the team was transformed. She became the team of two cities - Vinnitsa and Uzhgorod. The team performed well and achieved some success. Meanwhile, the girl entered School of Music. There she had to continue to master vocal art. However, Yolka did not finish her studies. According to her, studying was easy for her, but her relationship with the teachers was rather strained. They did not like that the girl constantly disappeared at KVN rehearsals. They believed that she should devote more time to her studies. After only six months, Yolka decided to leave the school. She voluntarily dropped out to come to grips with musical career.
Elka's musical career
Yolka was taken to the local group. She became the backing vocalist for the B&B band. The group gave small concerts, but success never came to them. Despite original sound she was not interested in cool producers, nor listeners. But the guys did not despair and continued to tour.
In the early 2000s, the band was among the invited guests at the Rap Music festival. There Yolka managed to meet Vlad Valov. Vlad is the creator of the Bad Balance group and one of the founders of Russian hip-hop, which is why the singer was glad to meet him. It seemed to her that after this acquaintance her life would immediately change. This will indeed happen, but a little later. The girl made a good impression on Valova. He was especially struck by the strong, but very melodic voice. However, at that moment he did not reassure the singer, simply wishing her success.
Yolka continued to tour with her team. But lack of money made itself felt. The group soon disbanded. Yolka has a black streak. To earn money, she began working as a waitress. The girl thought that she would have to forget about her dream of performing on the big stage. But one day the phone rang. The singer was offered to sign a contract with the Valov production center. And so that she would not think for a long time, they bought her a plane ticket and told her to urgently fly to Moscow.
Caught in Russian capital, Yolka begins to record solo tracks. And in 2004, Vlad advised her to perform at a concert dedicated to the rapper Micah. There, the singer sang his famous track "Bitch Love". Her performance was unique. Then for the first time they spoke loudly about Yolka in show business.
The song "Cities of Deception" became a real breakthrough for the singer. Especially for Yolka, this track was written by Vlad Valov himself, inspired by unusual story life path girls. The song was released in 2004, after which it instantly hit the charts of many music radio stations and TV channels. And a year later, the performer presented her debut solo album, which received the same name - "City of Deception". It also included such hits as "Good mood" and "Girl in Peugeot".
The disc proved to be very popular. played their part beautiful vocals and interesting sound. Yolka's album harmoniously intertwined various styles - rock, pop, and hip-hop. Perhaps this helped her to gain fame among the widest audience. Nobody had heard this before, so the record was sold out very quickly, and thousands of spectators came to the singer's concerts to hear her live singing.
Changes in creativity and large-scale success
The debut album was followed by a new disc, called "Shadows". It also had a lot of successful compositions, including "Girl-Student" and "Handsome Boy", for which the singer, by the way, even won the "Golden Gramophone". But the new songs did not cause a big stir, like her first track. Meanwhile, Yolka continued to experiment with sound. In 2008, she released the disc "This Magnificent World" with a characteristic philosophical overtones. Around the same time, the contract with Vlad Valov ended. The singer, who was no longer bound by any obligations, decides to try herself in a slightly different genre.Yolka completely abandons its alternative sound and turns into melodic pop. In 2011, she releases the song "Provence" as evidence of renewal. Fans could not recognize the singer. She has changed radically. But despite the dissatisfaction of old fans, Yolka could not complain about the lack of new ones. The single had incredible success. Pop sound opened all roads for the girl. Her song sounded absolutely everywhere. This was followed by no less loud hits - “Near you”, “In a big balloon”, “You know”, “I want”, “It all depends on us”, “Draw me the sky” and many others.
Now Yolka has practically no free time, most which she holds in the studio or on tour. She already has many awards, but she doesn’t want to stop there, because music for her is her whole life.
Other projects
Although Yolka mostly performs and records new tracks, she manages to take part in other projects as well. Yes, she dubbed main character in the cartoon True story Red Hat. The singer played small roles in the series "SASHATANYA" and in the film "Gentlemen, good luck!".
The performer also appeared on television. From 2010 to 2012, she acted as a judge in the popular Ukrainian project "X-Factor", where she helped young musicians achieve success.
Yolka's personal life
The singer, like many celebrities, does not advertise her personal life. Sometimes rumors pop up in the press that a star is dating someone. famous producer, but Yolka does not comment on this information.According to the performer herself, her main love- a black cat that has been living with her for many years.
Christmas tree - unique singer on Russian stage. Surprisingly, having appeared in the domestic pop sea as an absolutely alternative musician, she eventually attracted the attention of a very a wide range listeners. And until now, in his work, which today, probably, can already be attributed to pop music, he allows himself to easily switch to soul, reggae, rock and rhythm and blues, not only remaining interesting and understandable to a large audience, but and become her favorite. Today, according to many, Elka is one of the most popular singers in Russia.
Lisa Ivantsiv (real name of the singer) was born in the small Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod in a versatile musical family, where dad collected jazz, mom played several instruments, and both grandmothers sang in the folk choir. So from birth, the girl grew up in an atmosphere of good music. Apparently, it was at this time that she developed a unique musical taste. It would seem that in the music room and go. However, in the life of the singer everything turned out much more interesting. Instead of music school she went to the vocal circle of the House of Pioneers, and already with school years began to play in KVN, where she found use for both her strong voice and creative thinking, with which she was fully awarded by nature.
Not like everyone else - this is definitely about the Christmas tree. Ever since her school years, the girl conducted experiments on herself. She dyed her hair red, then cut it bald. That dressed in all black, but changed the Gothic image for a leather jacket and rivets. She adorned herself with piercings, then she did tattoos. Needless to say, such an extraordinary personality acquired a large number true friends, but at the same time she could not get along with the teachers. This, by the way, was the reason that the talented singer who owns her voice so professionally that music critics they compare her now with Zemfira, now with Zhanna Aguzarova, no music education. At one time, she entered the music school, but she herself was forced to leave it, not finding common language none of the teachers. But otherwise, everything went fine, thanks to this, the Christmas tree did not depart from the music. After leaving the music school, she immediately began to sing in the local Uzhgorod group "B&B", taking the place of the vocalist.
As part of this group in 2001, the Christmas tree was noticed by the person who played in her creative biography decisive role. Producer Vlad Valov. Having accidentally met Valov, the singer soon forgot about him, especially since the group in which she sang fell apart. Disappointed by everyone and everything, Elka decided to quit music and got a job as a waitress in a cafe. And now, three years later, Valov appeared in her life again - now to call her to Moscow. “Moreover, the meeting with Vlad took place at the moment when I finally forbade myself to even dream of a big stage. Then I was dominated by youthful maximalism, I was indignant at what I see on the TV screen. I could not understand why many artists, not being able to sing and not having a good repertoire, regularly appear on the air? I thought: “Give me at least a folding bed in this city, and I will show you what a real artist is!”, The singer later recalled about this episode.
She eventually went to Moscow in 2004. And really soon "showed" to everyone. Debut album, written for Elka by Valov, was called "City of Deception". With him, the singer in 2005 literally “blew up” the Moscow public. True, for starters, only club music - painfully difficult for a mass listener musical material was featured on the album. But Moscow music lovers, and most importantly, critics, were very pleased, seeing in the singer's repertoire "elements of both r'n'b and rock, reggae, chanson and pop music", but at the same time recognizing it as designed "not so much for fans of some of these styles, how many for a wide audience".
After the album "City of Deception", the Christmas tree was declared "Supernova", and she soon confirmed this title.
Further in the work of Elka, all events take place before the eyes of the general public. A few more equally interesting musically albums make her more and more famous. The Christmas tree itself is gaining popularity points at the same time. The singer gives a very interesting interview, including visiting Alla Pugacheva on radio "Alla". Appears as part of popular concerts. Films videos, participates in TV shows. With regard to music, Elka is becoming easier. In 2010, she broke off relations with her fateful producer Vlad Valov. The gap, however, did not hurt her popularity in the least. In the same year, the singer began working with producers Liana Meladze and Alena Mikhailova from Velvet Music. As a songwriter, she now collaborates with Ukrainian author Yegor Solodovnikov, who writes several hits for her, quickly occupying top positions in the charts. The songs "Provence", "In a Big Balloon" and "Near You" in style, of course, already belong to simple pop music, but they quickly beat all records of popularity. And in 2013, Elka meets as the officially recognized most popular singer in Russia. Do you regret leaving? musical phenomenon” from “musical complexity” or rejoice at the success of a popular singer, each listener will decide for himself. The main thing is that in her person the Russian public definitely received a quality product - a truly talented artist.
Data
- Elka is not a specially invented pseudonym, but the real home and friendly name of the singer, which she has been called since she was 11 years old.
- Elka is a big cat lover. She has had a black cat at home for many years.
- Even before the appearance on the Moscow stage, the Christmas tree was famous person in his native Uzhgorod. As the singer herself said, she could often be found in the city with red hair, in black clothes and with a bunch of piercings. At the age of 15, she shaved her head and got her first tattoo.
- Singer Elka quit smoking.
- Singer Elka played for a long time in the KVN team "Ward No. 6"
Awards
2007 - "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Handsome Boy"
2011 - RU.TV Award for the song "Provence"
2001 - "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Provence"
2011 - Glamor Awards - singer of the year
2011 - ZD Awards - singer of the year
2012 - Muz-TV Award Best Performer
2012 - RU.TV Award - for the song "Near You"
2012 - "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Near You"
2012 - YUNA Award for the song "Near You" and Best Performer
Movies
Albums
Deception City (2005)
Shadows (2006)
This Magnificent World (2008)
Dots Dotted (2011)
Popular singer lost her virginity at the age of 14 and married a gigolo
A popular singer lost her virginity at the age of 14 and married a gigolo
The whole country is now going crazy with the song "Provence" by the 29-year-old Christmas tree. The purring young lady became the main breakthrough of the past year. Until now, the singer's personal life has been hidden from the army of fans. But "Express newspaper" revealed the intimate secrets of the new star!
The real name of the singer also deserves attention - Elizaveta Valdemarovna Ivantsiv. And Elka was nicknamed her as a child: allegedly for her prickly character, and also for her addiction to colorful and shiny clothes.
jock's daughter
Liza was born and raised in the provincial Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod. Lisa's mom Marina Ivantsiv works as a doctor, dad Waldemar works in a security company. He is a real jock with 54 cm biceps (for comparison: Schwarzenegger in his best years biceps was 56 cm).
Parents future celebrity they were distinguished by great loyalty: once, having found a pack of cheap cigarettes in her daughter’s pocket, her mother was indignant: “Why do you, daughter, smoke such rubbish? Here, take mine!” Surprisingly, it was the buff dad who instilled in Elka a love for music - he loves jazz. And now Valdemar Ivantsiv- the main fan of Liza's creativity and is actively in contact with her daughter's juvenile fans on social networks.
Lisa began experimenting with her appearance at school: she dyed her hair in unthinkable colors, shaved her head.
Somehow, walking along the street, we noticed each other - both with short haircuts and bright red hair, - recalls the acquaintance with Lisa close girlfriend Victoria Ryzhova. - We were the only such crazy people in Uzhgorod. We are still friends with Elka. Now Elizabeth has matured. I have always admired the inner core she has. She keeps me in good shape too - she says: “Do not become limp! Where is your fighting spirit?
According to Vika, with the advent of popularity, Elka did not become a star, "which she was a simple girl, a tomboy - she remained that way."
“Earlier, Elka didn’t care what to eat and drink, but now she is very careful about her health,” says Vika. - Eats only vegetarian food. And he loves crunching apples! Eat them in bowls! Regularly engaged in gym, goes to yoga, dances, swims in the pool.At the end of eight classes, Ivantsiv decided to enter the vocal department of the Uzhgorod Music College. But she was not accepted. This hurt the girl's ambition so much that she decided to succeed at all costs. And fate gave her a chance to do what she loves: a 14-year-old informal girl was invited to the local KVN team "Ward No. 6". A crazy, wild Kaveen life began with moving, touring and night parties.
First man
Elizaveta has been a member of our team for seven years, - said one of the founders of "Chamber No. 6" Sergey Denisenko. - She studied at school No. 8 in the city of Uzhgorod, and "Ward No. 6" was created by us at this school. Elizabeth at first experienced jitters in front of the public. She was especially afraid to forget or mix up the text. And in KVN, a lot is built on improvisation and is written in last moment. And she constantly urged us on: “Guys, write in advance so that I have time to learn!” Sometimes she wrote the text with a pen on her palms and during the performance theatrically threw them up, reading unnoticed by the audience.
In the programs of Chamber No. 6, Elizabeth mostly sang. For example, we had a parody of the song "Barcelona" Montserrat Caballe And Freddie Mercury. And she performed the role of Caballe very well. When Elizabeth first came to us, she had long hair. Then she cut her hair short and dyed it red. Her unusual appearance and bright vocal abilities greatly adorned our team. She was a bright, extraordinary personality, and she was drawn to creative, non-standard people.Liza was the only girl in the group - many wanted to meet her, but she herself preferred the team captain Vasily. The first sex of 14-year-old Elka and 22-year-old Vasily happened right in the dressing room of the local recreation center after the KVN festival. With Vasya, Lisa learned what passion is: the guys had nowhere to make love, and they often did it in local doorways, porches and even basements. Their romance lasted seven years, but the wedding did not follow - the ambitious girl's plans to start a family and stay in Uzhgorod were not included.
- Yes, we had a beautiful, great romance, - Vasily Kraynai told Express Gazeta - now he is 37, and now he main director Association of KVN of Ukraine. - Lisa struck me with a discrepancy: a powerful and strong voice in this fragile, cosmic body. She was like out of this world, but she had a feminine charm. Our love ended when Elka left for Moscow, and I went to Kyiv. Now I can talk about it calmly, because I finally met the woman I married (although I still hid the affair with Elka from her). And then for me our separation was a tragedy! My friends even switched the TV when it was shown there. And then the pain went away. I even tried to call her, to congratulate her on what she had achieved, what she wanted. But in vain I did it - the conversation did not work.Cinderella story
Elizabeth's parents treated her hobbies normally, - Denisenko continues. - Her dad is a big man. But by nature, an absolute good-natured man. I have never seen even a hint of aggressiveness towards his daughter's environment. Unfortunately, KVN did not allow Elizabeth to earn a living. While Elizabeth was in school, her parents supported her. Then she got a job at the Medellin cafe... as a dishwasher!
“I was probably the most famous dishwasher in the city,” recalls Lisa. - After all, I had the First League of KVN, several KVN festivals and, accordingly, television broadcasts behind me. For a man from our small town it was an incredible success!Elka carefully scrubbed the dishes and eventually made dizzying career- retrained from dishwashers to barista (coffee brewing specialist).
Many specially went to drink coffee to the “cool girl from Ward No. 6,” Denisenko recalls. - But, of course, creativity remained the main thing in life for Elizabeth. In addition to KVN, she talked with local musicians. I made music with them - not pop music, but something more alternative. She successfully performed with us in Uzhgorod and went to various festivals in other cities.
The leader of the legendary rap group "Bad Balance" helped to move to Moscow and seriously declare herself as a singer Elizabeth Vlad Valov, producer of Micah and Jumanji, Decla, Timati and others. He became so close to his ward that he even entrusted her to become the godmother of his child. But the singer did not justify the high trust placed in her and, having received from Valov everything that he could give her, she left him for more influential producers - Alena Mikhailova And Liane Meladze from Velvet Music, who work with Valery Meladze, groups "Uma2rmaН", " VIA Gra”, “Vintage”, “Chi-Li”.city of deceit
Elka came to my festival "Rap Music" as a backing vocalist of the group "B&B" from Uzhgorod, - said Vlad Valov. - I heard notes from her, which she obviously fought with Micah, and became interested. Organized a presentation of their group, but no one liked them. And the whole story has died down. And after a couple of years I thought that I wanted to write something revolutionary. And I remembered that a girl lives in Uzhgorod, who has interesting notes, but you have to reveal it yourself. I just got free time. I called Elka: “Come to Moscow! I'll pay for everything!" And I must say that at that time she was washing dishes in some eatery in Uzhgorod. I rented a hotel for her. She came for a couple of days. And when I signed up, before leaving, I began to cry: “If you would give me at least a grain, at least a small bed, I would show what I am capable of. I'm ready to live whatever I want. Just take me!" She did not look very good then - bald, like a boy. I told my investor about it. "Are you crazy?! What do you propose to invest "grandmothers" in?! It would be nice to be cute, but what is this? - he said. I objected: “But she can sing, and we are blinding a beauty from her!” And we started to work. I gave her the image of an alien in a blue wig. On my knee, in two hours I wrote the poetry of the City of Deception, wrote it down and sent it home to Uzhgorod. Two weeks later the song became a hit on the radio! I called Elka back to Moscow: I taught her vocals, we wrote her music, lyrics, came up with an image, costumes, videos - that's all! I actually wrote all the songs for her, except for last album, which is also 90 percent made from my lyrics. Elka did not speak Russian well at that time. She had a terrible Ukrainian accent. On top of that, she hunched over a lot. She is still hunched over. Made her a dozen concerts through friends. Then he assembled a team and shot a clip for her for 15 thousand dollars.
Handsome boy
So everything went on for seven years with us, ”recalls Valov. - But at some point she hung out with a boy from the Moscow region Sergei Astakhov. He did not work anywhere and lived at her expense. In short, he turned out to be a gigolo. And then the tree began to change. Apparently, in return for the fact that she supported this boy, she stopped renting an apartment in Moscow and went to live with him in the Moscow region. He and his parents had a house there. She was constantly worried about how to earn more. Once she came to me and said: “The investor must be overthrown, removed. He has already earned his money. Stop sharing with him! I answered her: “Understand, Elka, if it weren’t for this investor who believed in you and gave money at the first stage, you would be nothing now.”
And I stayed with the investor. But Elka found interested people - I don’t know where they got the money to buy it out. Maybe at Pugacheva if rumors are to be believed. We sold them the Christmas tree and parted ways with her. After that, she changed all the musicians, and appointed her Alphonse husband as the administrator. We have already recorded material for her next album. It is much stronger than her current repertoire. But I didn't give it to them. I'd rather re-record it with some other singer. I will not say who is right and who is wrong. I will only say one thing: I made a revolutionary out of the Christmas tree, and not service staff. And her last album is just from the world of servants. She lost the core for which I worked with her.Astakhov is a sociable, simple guy, - the director of one concert venue in Kyiv. - It is felt that the leader in the family, of course, is Lisa. She loves him dearly! Recently I bought apartments: in Uzhgorod - for my parents, in Moscow - for myself and Sergey, I bought land in a village near Moscow, where Astakhov comes from. And now he is building a house there.
Sergei Astakhov is 30 years old. In September 2010, Elka officially married him and even took her husband's surname.
By the way
Elka was accused of plagiarism. Like, she stole the melody of "Provence" from Canadian group Hot Hot Heat. "Provence" really resembles the song "Shame On You", but you need to ask the author of the hit Yegor Solodovnikov and Konstantin Meladze, who produced the song.
